substantial-similarity
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-1251 | Nicole Gilbert-Daniels v. Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-06-06 | Denied | Response Waived | copyright-infringement due-process expert-evidence ninth-circuit substantial-similarity summary-judgment | Whether the Ninth Circuit's application of the extrinsic test in copyright infringement conflicts with Supreme Court precedent and improperly granted … |
| 23-1243 | Kirk Johnston v. Chad Kroeger, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-05-24 | Denied | Relisted (2) | access access-evidence copyright-infringement damages damages-discovery expert-evidence expert-testimony musicology substantial-similarity summary-judgment | Whether the courts can disregard expert evidence and make factual determinations on substantial-similarity and access at the summary-judgment stage, d… |
| 21-1519 | Joe Gregory Carlini v. Paramount Pictures Corporation, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-03 | Denied | Response Waived | copyright copyright-infringement expert-opinion extrinsic-test fact-finder inverse-ratio-rule pleading-stage pleadings-stage selection-and-arrangement substantial-similarity | whether-the-district-court-and-ninth-circuit-erred-in-applying-the-extrinsic-test-for-substantial-similarity |
| 21-1196 | Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd. v. Peermusic Ltd., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-03-02 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split civil-procedure copyright-infringement extrinsic-intrinsic-test musical-works ordinary-observer-test substantial-similarity | Whether the courts should apply the ordinary observer test or the two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test when deciding substantial similarity in a copyrigh… |
| 19-8459 | Todd Erling Becker v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-05-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure copyright-infringement damages fair-use intellectual-property substantial-similarity | Whether the lower court erred in its application of the 'substantial similarity' test in a copyright infringement case |
| 18-701 | Clayton Prince Tanksley v. Lee Daniels, et al. | Third Circuit | 2018-11-29 | Denied | Relisted (2) | 7th-amendment access amendment copyright copyright-infringement jury-trial lay-observer-test pleading-stage prima-facie-claim probative-similarity similarity substantial-similarity | Whether the trial court should engage in a substantive analysis and determination regarding substantial similarity as a matter of law at the pleading … |